Happy Friday! And thanks to all of you who helped make my first e-guide launch a huge success. Links to keep you busy this weekend: The Associated Press will now link back to news sources that get scoops, Nieman Lab reports. Finally! Chris Brogan offers tips on finding time for your priorities. This is how […]
Here’s a last chance to fill out my one-question survey about what you’d like to read on this blog. It will only take 30 seconds, I promise. Consider it your chance to vote on what you want to learn here in the coming months! Interesting links from this week: Former executive editor of The New […]
Over lunch recently with a pair of travelers who are considering writing a book, one asked me how long it took me to write mine. “More than a year,” I told him. “I worked on it full time for a year, then revised while getting my social-media business up and running.” “A year?!” he said, […]
Doesn’t it feel awesome to have a short week? A reader complimented the variety of my roundups yesterday, so I’m going to continue offering links about topics across the map! Some real gems this week: Loved this post enough to subscribe to Torre DeRoche’s blog: What happens when your once-in-a-lifetime adventure is over? (Me chiming […]
Happy July! I hope you’ll check out this month’s sponsor, C. Hope Clark of FundsforWriters.com, a fabulous resource on grants, contests and markets for your writing. If you haven’t already signed up for her free weekly newsletter, you can do so here. Interested in getting the word out about your service or product? Check out […]
“D.C. was GREAT! They’ve got dirty, old chicken bones on the sidewalk, just waiting to be eaten! Sometimes they’re hidden, but if you scrounge around in the weeds a little, you’re sure to find a snack. And lots of new people to fool into giving you extra bones! Oh, and the dogs! A new friend […]
What’s new this week? I’m tearing through Tim Ferris’ The 4-Hour Workweek; can’t wait to blog about it here or on my bookshelf Tumblr. Interesting links from the last few days: How do you know when a project is done? Don’t aim for perfect, says Seth Godin. My BFF AJ had a post on this […]
A quick note before we get started: I sometimes link to online classes at MediaBistro, mainly their travel writing and memoir classes. They’re now offering an affiliate program, which means when you buy a class through the link on my site, I get a cut. Affiliate opportunities are cool because they allow bloggers like me […]
The National Association of Memoir Writers‘ recent teleconference on travel writing got some gears turning in my head — so I figure it might be useful for you, too. More than 300 people signed up to listen live or get this audio after the event! If you missed it, here’s the audio for when you […]
Remember Cooper, the Hambidge Dog? He’s visiting me in DC. Quite the handful. Links from this week: The definition of joyfear and why you should seek it out, not avoid it. From zen habits. Seth Godin writes about the widening gap between paid and free, including thoughts about how to move toward the paid side […]